Rules of Baccarat
Baccarat Standards
Baccarat is played with eight decks of cards in a shoe. Cards valued less than 10 are said to be at face value while 10, J, Q, K are 0, and A are each equal to 1. Bets are placed on the ‘banker,’ the ‘player’ or for a tie (these aren’t actual persons; they just symbolize the two hands to be given out).
2 hands of 2 cards shall then be played to the ‘banker’ … ‘player’. The total for every hand is the grand total of the two cards, but the initial digit is dropped. For eg, a hand of 7 as well as 5 will have a total of 2 (7plus5=12; drop the ‘1′).
A 3rd card may be dealt depending on the foll. regulations:
- If the gambler or banker has a value of 8 or nine, the two gamblers stand.
- If the player has 5 or less, he/she hits. bettors stand otherwise.
- If player stands, the banker hits of 5 or less. If the player hits, a chart is used to decide if the banker stands or hits.
Baccarat Odds
The bigger of the 2 scores will be the winner. Victorious stakes on the banker pay out 19 to 20 (even money less a 5% commission. Commission is kept track of and moved out when you leave the table so be sure to have funds left over before you leave). Winning bets on the player pay 1 to one. Winning bets for tie typically pays out at 8 to 1 and sometimes 9 to 1. (This is a terrible gamble as ties will happen less than 1 every 10 hands. Stay away from betting on a tie. Nevertheless odds are substantially better – nine to one vs. 8 to 1)
When done effectively, baccarat presents pretty decent odds, apart from the tie wager of course.
Baccarat Tactics
As with most games, Baccarat has some established myths. One of which is close to a roulette myth. The past is never actually an indicator of future actions. Staying abreast of old results on a chart is a total waste of paper as well as an insult to the tree that gave its life for our stationary needs.
The most accepted and almost certainly most successful technique is the one-three-2-6 method. This plan is employed to build up earnings and controlling risk.
commence by gambling 1 unit. If you win, add 1 more to the two on the table for a total of three on the second bet. If you win you will have six on the table, clear away 4 so you have 2 on the 3rd gamble. If you win the 3rd bet, add two to the four on the table for a total of 6 on the fourth gamble.
If you lose on the 1st wager, you take a loss of 1. A win on the first bet followed up by loss on the second brings about a loss of two. Wins on the 1st two with a loss on the third gives you a profit of 2. And wins on the first 3 with a loss on the fourth mean you come out even. Arriving at a win on all four bets leaves you with 12, a profit of ten. In other words that you can get beaten the 2nd bet 5 times for every successful streak of 4 bets and still break even.